A randomized feasibility study evaluating the effect of radiotherapy alone or combined with 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of locally recurrent or inoperable colorectal carcinoma

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 547-553

  Overgaard, Marie ^a   Bertelsen, Kamma ^b   Dalmark, Mads ^c   Gadeberg, Carl C ^d   von der Maase, Hans ^a   Overgaard, Jens ^e   Sell, Arne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027485342     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869309096116     Document Type: Article

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